This paper studies the impact of bank mergers on firm-bank lending relationships using information from individual loan contracts in Belgium. We analyse the effects of bank mergers on the probability of borrowers maintaining their lending relationships and on their ability to continue tapping bank credit. The Belgian financial environment reflects a number of interesting features: high banking ...

We examine whether banks, in providing financing for the deals, monitor firms mergers and acquisitions to the extent that will benefit acquirers shareholders. Inconsistent with the conventional theoretical argument, we do not find that bank-financed deals are associated with better stock or accounting performance than bond-financed deals or deals paid with internal cash. There is strong evidenc...

This paper examines the diagnosis related group-level (DRG) price effects of recent hospital mergers and acquisitions that occurred in Ohio and California. Empirical results indicate that hospital mergers and acquisitions increase prices at the DRG level. Further, price increases are greater in DRGs where the merging hospitals gained substantial market share compared to DRGs where the merging h...

A merger is a transaction that combines two firms, leaving one surviving entity. An acquisition is the purchase of one firm by another individual or firm. Both transactions fall under the more general heading of takeovers. Takeovers can play a constructive economic role, for example by removing inefficient management or by achieving economies of scale and complementarity. On the other hand, the...

Using a large database of U.S. mergers and acquisitions (M&As) announced from 2010 through 2017, we examine the effects capital ratio (leverage) on announcement period stock price reaction as well longer-term returns performance, for banks, making comparisons with non-banks. We compare reactions (computed in different ways) lower (lower than sample median) capitalized banks non-banks that h...

The timing of M & A is the important aspect of M&A theory. In recent years China's mergers and acquisitions rapidly developed, while there was rare in-depth analysis and scientific verification of the affecting factors of the increasing acquisition. In this paper, according to the subject research in the global, we do empirical test of the macroeconomic factors that may affect the corporate acq...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions in 2003-2012. This analysis allowed for the conclusion that, to assess and forecast the integration activity of Russian companies, the most precise and appropriate models are seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models built on weighted observations to eliminate the effect of the structural ...

The image part with relationship ID rId9 was not found in the file. ABSTRACT Developed to optimize the business benefits of an active mergers and acquisitions strategy, this white paper outlines key objectives and guiding principles for IT integration diligence, planning, and execution. It is intended for IT executives, architects, designers, and consultants who are responsible for merger and a...